. king has maintained a pretty healthy lead but the chamber of commerce knocked about 10 points off of kaine. standing in the polls just by talking about his record as governor especially when it came to spending and taxes. now republicans need to put something back on the table. the nrsc has gone up there to see if they can take this a race. and they need cynthia dill to get somewhere between 17 and 21 22%. the belief is most of kaine's voters are democrats anyway. but it gets -- the plot thickens. national democrats have pretty much disavowed cynthia. they want to see king win this race. >> bill: on the theory that he will caucus with them. >> yes. so if this race gets close, they are in a very awkward position. what do they do? do they get behind king? there would be many democrats disappointed to see that happen especially when the independent will not be a reliable vote. >> bill: a friend of mine just had a fund raiser for angus king here. and that explains. california, done. >> that's done. >> bill: nevada? shelley berkeley. >> shelley berkeley is the democrat,